REALIZING THE VISION

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MULTI Session Conversation with the Provost, Part
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REALIZING THE VISION Liberal Arts in the 21st
Century Land Grant University March 5, 2004
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REALIZING THE VISION Liberal Arts in the 21st
Century Land Grant University

• THE BLUEPRINT
• The following blueprint is grounded in our
  sense of the future.
• The blueprint offers the MSU community a set of
  ideas to which they can react and respond
• This blueprint represents the middle of a
  process, not the end of oneit embraces some of
  our most forward-thinking options to meet the
  challenges we currently face
• Implicit within this blueprint is a recognition
  of our confidence in the university community to
  have a difficult, but constructive dialogue to
  consider not simply whats best for themselves
  and extrapolate that onto the broader view of the
  institution, but what ultimately will be best for
  Michigan State University

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REALIZING THE VISION Liberal Arts in the 21st
Century Land Grant University

• CONTEXT
• OUR LAND GRANT MISSION
• Programs and quality must be preserved and
  enhanced
• We are building the 21st century land grant
  university
• WE ALREADY ARE CHANGING
• The question is, do we ride the wave of change or
  be swamped by it?
• Change is the natural course of academic
  disciplines
• Economic realities demand that we adapt
• Public support of public higher education is
  declining
• We are refocusing resources on what we do best
• PART OF A NATIONAL DIALOGUE IN HIGHER EDUCATION
• Focusing on role of the liberal arts within new
  economic realities
• Focusing on enhancing quality and
  internationalization

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REALIZING THE VISION Liberal Arts in the 21st
Century Land Grant University

• ENGAGED IN AN INCLUSIVE, DELIBERATIVE PROCESS TO
  ENVISION THE FUTURE OF MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
• We have a sense of purpose and a passion for
  improving quality regardless of economic
  circumstances
• We have used a broad variety of channels to
  engage the MSU community and stakeholders in this
  discussionthe use of focus groups has been one
  of many techniques to provide feedback and
  commentary, but not the ONLY way in which we have
  and will continue to refine our positions and
  directions
• We intend to be the hallmark institution for
  innovation via the ongoing discussion, dialogue
  and our passion to improve quality that are
  driving this initiative
• We are positioning Michigan State to be
  nationally and internationally competitive via
  the kinds of bold and innovative strategies that
  historically have marked our success

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REALIZING THE VISION Liberal Arts and the 21st
Century Land Grant University

• THE BLUEPRINT
• INITIATIVE ONE Strengthen the organization
  and coherence of undergraduate education
• INITIATIVE TWO Continue to strengthen
  graduate education
• INITIATIVE THREE Extending degree-oriented
  residential Living and Learning options
• INITIATIVE FOUR Strengthening the liberal
  arts by changing college structures to
  promote new interdisciplinary and cross-unit
  dialogues

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INITIATIVE ONE Strengthen the organization and
coherence of undergraduate education

• ESTABLISH A SINGLE CENTER FOR INTEGRATIVE STUDIES
• ESTABLISH A BROAD-BASED FACULTY GROUP ON
  INTEGRATIVE STUDIES
• Provide intellectual leadership and foster
  wide-ranging investment of time and resources in
  Integrative Studies
• EXPAND ROLE OF ASSISTANT PROVOST FOR
  UNDERGRADUATE EDUCATION AND ADD TITLE OF DEAN OF
  UNDERGRADUATE STUDIES
• Coordinate Integrative Studies, writing programs,
  career development, Undergraduate University
  Division, academic advising, new quantitative
  literacy initiatives, and international
  initiatives including Study Abroad as these
  relate to undergraduate education

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INITIATIVE TWO Continue to strengthen graduate
education

• MAJOR REVISION OF GRADUATE HANDBOOKS
• Explicitly address research mentoring
• IMPROVEMENT OF CAREER ADVICE AND EXPERIENCES
• Foster further connections between Career
  Services and Placement and the Graduate School
• IMPROVEMENT OF PEDAGOGICAL TRAINING FOR GRAD
  STUDENTS
• Link to new undergraduate Integrative Studies and
  Certification in College Teaching Program
• CONTINUED FOCUS ON IMPROVING DOCTORAL STUDENT
  COMPLETION RATES

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INITIATIVE THREE Extend degree-oriented
residential Living and Learning options

• CREATE A NEW RESIDENTIAL PROGRAM IN THE LIBERAL
  AND CREATIVE ARTS AND SCIENCES
• Use Residential Option In Arts and Letters
  (ROIAL) as a basis for new program
• EXPAND JAMES MADISON COLLEGE AND LYMAN BRIGGS
  SCHOOL
• DEVELOP NEW LINKS BETWEEN RESIDENTIAL PROGRAMS
  AND PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS
• Also between residential programs and other
  colleges
• Also between undergraduate and graduate programs
• EXPAND OTHER RESIDENTIAL OPTIONS
• Particularly Residential Initiative on the Study
  of the Environment (RISE) Residential Option
  for Science and Engineering Students (ROSES)

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INITIATIVE FOUR Strengthen the liberal arts by
changing college structures to promote new
interdisciplinary and cross-unit dialogues

• REALIGN PROGRAMS
• From present colleges of Arts and Letters and
  Communication Arts and Sciences
• To new College of Communication, Arts,
  Languages, Media and expanded College of
  Social Science, to be renamed College of Social,
  Behavioral, Economic Sciences
• COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION, ARTS, LANGUAGES, AND
  MEDIA (CALM)
• Programs in Communication, Information and Media,
  Journalism, Languages, Linguistics, Literature,
  Music, Telecommunication, Theatre, Advertising,
  Communication Disorders, Visual Arts, and Writing
  and Rhetoric
• COLLEGE OF SOCIAL, BEHAVIORAL, AND ECONOMIC
  SCIENCES (SBES)
• Including History, Philosophy, Religious Studies
  current Social Science programs
• Religious Studies would be closely aligned with
  Anthropology
• Other related jointly administered schools,
  centers, and institutes may also be aligned with
  this college
• COLLEGE OF HUMAN ECOLOGY PROGRAMS WOULD BE
  RESTRUCTURED
• Programs would be linked to a set of new
  relationships and resources that afford greater
  intellectual possibilities and greater potential
  for developing distinction

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CONTINUING INITIATIVES Currently underway

• COLLEGE OF HUMAN MEDICINE Expansion into
  western Michigan
• DCL MICHIGAN STATE A more complete
  academic integration
• OTHER POLICY INITIATIVES Curricular
  flexibility, graduation requirements, etc.

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LOOKING AHEADWhere do we go from here?

• March 16 Plan to move specific proposals into
  the academic governance process at the Executive
  Committee of Academic Council (ECAC) meeting
• Proposals related to initiatives in the areas of
  undergraduate residential and graduate education
• Proposal on further academic integration of DCL
  and MSU
• Proposal for new School of Planning, Design and
  Construction
• College structure/reorganization issues
• College of Human Ecology We anticipate further
  discussions at college levelhave some
  preliminary input and questions
• Other colleges Will continue to seek input
  before any statement is made about next steps or
  alternative proposals are fashioned

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